# Clipboard JSON examples for AI authors

Reference recipes for AI assistants generating WhimTex layer JSON. These are not built-in editor presets
or a user-guide gallery. Read the [authoring contract](../../AI/README.md) before adapting them.

| Example | What to learn |
| --- | --- |
| [Neon ring](neon-ring.json) | A Shape and a targeted Blur inside a group. |
| [Shock wave](shock-wave.json) | Radial and circular Gradients shaping one-dimensional Blue Noise into an uneven energy ring. |
| [Car wheel](car-wheel.json) | A layered illustration built entirely from ellipses and a five-point star. |
| [Forked lightning](forked-lightning.json) | A procedural particle sprite with embedded HLSL, editable parameters, transparency and separate glow. |
| [Heart](heart.json) | Parameterized heart silhouette, clipping Gradient, SDF rim light, Outline and two ellipse highlights feeding a Blur. |
| [Mystic fog](mystic-fog.json) | Noise, a hidden source and a coloring gradient. |
| [Retro processor](retro-processor.json) | A standalone Processor acting on an existing lower stack. |
| [Stone wall: posterize + dither](stone-wall-retro.json) | A Drawing layer downloaded from a direct image URL, with pixelation and Bayer dithering in a Processor above it. |
| [Local distortion](local-distortion.json) | An editable Transform 2D shader parameter. |

Use only the parts needed for the requested result. Omit default properties such as identity Swizzle,
Normal blending and Standard ranges unless they differ from defaults. Keep local IDs only where referenced.
The heart is the cleaned-up recipe: no Shader Processor 1, no Drawing layer, and nothing external.
That describes this one recipe, not the format: a Drawing layer is allowed, and it may fetch a PNG or
JPEG from a direct http(s) link with `url`. See the [authoring contract](../../AI/README.md).
Do not infer that every recipe needs a shader: the wheel and neon ring need none.

Files are complete clipboard envelopes; copy their JSON content, not their filename or this table.
Schema checks cover every JSON file here. The Unity smoke test also loads, compiles and renders these examples.

## Linked image + Shader Processor

![Stone wall source image](stone-wall.png)

This is the **source image**, before the effect. Copy [stone-wall-retro.json](stone-wall-retro.json)
to download it into a Drawing layer and apply the Processor above it. Adjust Posterize Levels,
Pixel Size and Dither Strength to change the retro look. The canvas is 1024 × 1024; the source
image retains its original resolution and is fitted with the layer transform.

The `url` is a plain direct PNG link to this repository, not a Markdown link or a GitHub file page.
Pasting requires internet access and may ask you to allow the download host. The image must be
published on `main` before its download URL works. This example is intentionally not fully procedural:
the Drawing layer contains the downloaded pixels; the Processor remains editable HLSL.